Project Gutenberg 2005-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 264 Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford) 1869 1933 Allen, Percy Stafford The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London Produced by Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. "The Age of Erasmus" by P. S. Allen is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work consists of a series of lectures delivered at the universities of Oxford and London, exploring the life and influence of Erasmus during the Transalpine Renaissance, focusing on the intellectual and cultural backdrop of his time. The text is expected to delve into Erasmus's significance and the wider context of Northern humanism, looking at various figures and institutions that shaped his experiences. The opening of the book sets a scholarly tone, emphasizing the importance of biography in studying history. The author outlines the rise of personal narratives during the Renaissance, contrasting it with the more formal historical records of earlier centuries. He introduces key figures from Erasmus's world, including John Wessel and Rudolph Agricola, illustrating their contributions to the humanistic movement that Erasmus would later embody. The narrative points to the significance of places like the Adwert Academy as hubs of learning and progress, hinting at the profound impact these individuals and environments had on shaping the Renaissance in Northern Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Renaissance Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 CB Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 537528 537537 2024-09-07T06:54:23.535126 2023-09-07T08:39:24.966741 text/html text/html 531162 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202850 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 260641 2024-09-07T06:54:32.531094 application/epub+zip 264604 2024-09-07T06:54:25.846138 application/epub+zip 264604 2024-09-07T06:54:24.603125 application/epub+zip 453313 2024-09-07T06:54:37.365052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414766 2024-09-07T06:54:31.434150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438569 2022-09-07T23:49:24.059647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472170 472089 2024-09-07T06:54:22.645138 2023-09-07T08:39:24.095725 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 472050 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 190115 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472056 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189982 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20234 2024-09-07T06:54:37.501076 application/rdf+xml 11871 2024-09-07T06:54:24.994126 image/jpeg 3332 2024-09-07T06:54:24.807146 image/jpeg 246550 2024-09-07T06:54:23.579164 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia